Mode Coupling in Chalcogenide Negative Curvature Fibers

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Wei, Chengli, Robinson A. Kuis, Francois Chenard, Curtis R. Menyuk, and Jonathan Hu. “Mode Coupling in Chalcogenide Negative Curvature Fibers.” In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2016), Paper JTu5A.93, JTu5A.93. Optica Publishing Group, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTu5A.93.

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Abstract

We calculate mode coupling and higher-order mode suppression in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers. The loss ratio of the higher-order mode to the fundamental mode is 58, while loss of the fundamental mode is under 0.4 dB/m.